How Should I Face Racism Among My Childhood Friends?

on: September 05, 2019

How Should I Face Racism Among My Childhood Friends?

How Should I Face Racism Among My Childhood Friends?

Q. My hometown (St. Cloud, Minn.) is breaking my heart. The place where I grew up has been in the news lately as the poster child for white supremacist radicalization in response to a growing Somali community. I see people I spent my childhood with joining anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant groups, and I see 40-year friendships ending because of it. I feel far away, and the gulf seems too wide to even hear across. How can I help? — Pamela Romanowsky, Brooklyn, N.Y.